Tsoureki Recipe - Traditional Greek Easter Bread

by XpatAthens

Tuesday, 04 April 2017

With a soft, fluffy, and buttery-brown crust, this is the most flavourful tsoureki recipe you will ever try! Greek Easter bread owes its full and rich flavour to the two aromatic spices, mastic and mahlab, used in this traditional tsoureki recipe.

Tsoureki is traditionally served on Easter as the three braids symbolise the Holy Trinity, but it is also very popular throughout the year as a delicious mid day snack, for breakfast, or with tea or coffee.

Ingredients

135g butter, from cow’s milk, at room temperature (4.7 oz.)

135g milk, at room temperature (4.7 oz.)

200g sugar (7 oz.)

4 medium eggs, at room temperature

870g bread flour (30 oz.)

21g dry yeast (0.7 oz.)

100g lukewarm water (3.5 0z.)

zest of 1 orange

3g ground mastic (0.11 oz.) (buy online in Australia, UK, US/CA)

4g ground mahleb (0.14 oz.) (buy online UK, US/CA)

1 egg and 1 tbsp water, for glazing the tsoureki

almond silvers for garnish

For the syrup

150g sugar (3.5 oz.)

150g water (3.5 oz.)

To learn how to make this traditional Greek Easter bread, please visit: MyGreekDish